Holmes is famous for a dissent in which 1919 case?
Roe v. Wade
Korematsu v. United States
Abrams v. United States
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Answer
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 case involving the First Amendment rights of individuals to express unpopular views in wartime. Holmes' famous dissent argued that the government's interest in national security should not outweigh the right to free speech, famously stating that "the best test of truth is the power of thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market."
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